[Towertalk] Those with a universal tower

[N0OEL@aol.com]

Hi John.    I have been using Universal towers for 25 years.   I Universal 
Towers to
replace beams.    I climb them for service such as getting to a rotor or 
such.   
I generally tie a cable to my house (second story) and run the cable to the 
tower 
and run it through a pully mounted one third of the way from the top of the 
tower.
I then run the cable down the tower to a winch.     It works great permitting 
me to
lower my tower by myself.     I mount the winch on the tower for this purpose 
and 
when finished and I have cranked the tower back to the vertical and attached 
the 
leg I remove the winch.    Works great.     If you have a lot antenna on the 
tower
be careful.    You dont want to lower the tower from the top as it may bend 
your
tower.   

Believe me one of the great advantages of the Universal is the ability to tip 
it and
you paid the price for a good tower so use the feature.     I am a big 
supporter of
Universal and aluminum towers.

73
Mike
K0BUD